Nooralhuda Al Qayem

Noor is a graduate student in the SMArchS Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT, having graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and the History and Theory of Architecture. In her research she is interested in infrastructural design and politics in the Islamic world, and in the intersection between media and spatial design and colonial, capitalistic, and patriarchal oppressive structures, especially within the SWANA region. Previously the Editorial Assistant for the books department at Frame Publishers, she edited and coordinated architecture and interior design books. She is ¼ of All Souls Circle, a podcast in which four best friends answer questions from the world’s hardest exam.